The Shaggy D.A.
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The Shaggy D.A. is a 1976 Disney live-action comedy film about a lawyer who magically transforms into a sheepdog, serving as a sequel to The Shaggy Dog.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Shaggy D.A. canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6320638 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shaggy D.A. Context triple: [Dick Van Patten, notableWork, The Shaggy D.A.]
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A.
Rogue Lawyer
Rogue Lawyer is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows an unconventional street lawyer who takes on dangerous and morally complex cases.
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B.
Above the Law
Above the Law is a 1988 American action film, directed by Andrew Davis and starring Steven Seagal in his film debut, known for its blend of martial arts, crime, and political intrigue.
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C.
Long Arm of the Law
"Long Arm of the Law" is a country song recorded by Kenny Rogers, known for its narrative storytelling style and inclusion on his greatest hits collections.
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D.
Night Court
Night Court is an American sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1992, set during the night shift of a Manhattan municipal court and known for its quirky characters and offbeat humor.
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E.
Street Judge
A Street Judge is a law enforcement officer in the Judge Dredd universe who combines the powers of police, judge, jury, and executioner to dispense instant justice in a dystopian future city.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shaggy D.A. Target entity description: The Shaggy D.A. is a 1976 Disney live-action comedy film about a lawyer who magically transforms into a sheepdog, serving as a sequel to The Shaggy Dog.
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A.
Rogue Lawyer
Rogue Lawyer is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows an unconventional street lawyer who takes on dangerous and morally complex cases.
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B.
Above the Law
Above the Law is a 1988 American action film, directed by Andrew Davis and starring Steven Seagal in his film debut, known for its blend of martial arts, crime, and political intrigue.
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C.
Long Arm of the Law
"Long Arm of the Law" is a country song recorded by Kenny Rogers, known for its narrative storytelling style and inclusion on his greatest hits collections.
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D.
Night Court
Night Court is an American sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1992, set during the night shift of a Manhattan municipal court and known for its quirky characters and offbeat humor.
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E.
Street Judge
A Street Judge is a law enforcement officer in the Judge Dredd universe who combines the powers of police, judge, jury, and executioner to dispense instant justice in a dystopian future city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Shaggy Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Frank V. Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Buena Vista Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Bob Bring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresMagicalTransformation | yes ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | color ⓘ |
| follows | The Shaggy Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
family film ⓘ fantasy ⓘ |
| hasAnimalCharacter | Old English Sheepdog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHumanToAnimalTransformation | yes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family
ⓘ
identity ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| isSequelTo | The Shaggy Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Wilby Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | live-action ⓘ |
| musicBy | Robert F. Brunner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Shaggy Dog film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A lawyer magically transforms into an Old English Sheepdog while running for district attorney. ⓘ |
| producer | Ron Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Disney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ Walt Disney Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | lawyer ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | G ⓘ |
| releaseDate | December 17, 1976 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Don Tait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fictional town of Medfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Dean Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keenan Wynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Suzanne Pleshette NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Conway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| title | The Shaggy D.A. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Shaggy D.A. Description of subject: The Shaggy D.A. is a 1976 Disney live-action comedy film about a lawyer who magically transforms into a sheepdog, serving as a sequel to The Shaggy Dog.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.